Author: Ben Starr
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MasterChef: Rancheros and Huevos
Today’s blog is brought to you by WalMart, which can figure out how to sell a dozen organic eggs for $3, but not how to make a commercial with decent actors. (That’s a joke, my blog is not endorsed by Walmart, though the link above will lead you to a fascinating article that talks about…
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Animals are Meat: A Follow Up
It’s now been about 24 hours since I posted the photo on Facebook of a free-ranging rooster from a chicken farm near Dallas that I was about to dispatch to become part of the menu at FRANK this weekend. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined what a magical 24 hours it would…
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NEWS FLASH: Once upon a time…meat was ALIVE!!!
As you all know, I run an underground restaurant here in Dallas with the stunning Jennie Kelley. We met on the set of MasterChef and have become incredibly close friends. FRANK is a celebration of fresh, local, sustainable food. And for our upcoming French-themed Bastille day dinners, our main course is coq au vin, a…
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MasterChef Recap: Urchins and Master-Baiting
(This blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef and consists entirely of my own uneducated opinions. I have no inside knowledge about how eliminations are made, or how judging takes place, for either last season or this season. My opinions should not be treated as fact, or as any more valid than your own!)…
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MasterChef: Bunnies and Pizza Stones
(Please note that the following blog entry reflects my own opinions and is NOT endorsed or approved by MasterChef. I have no inside knowledge of how eliminations are made or how food is judged, either for my season or the current one. My opinions should not be treated as fact.) So we’re down to 11,…
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MasterChef 3: Food Trucks and Tortellini
All throughout my season, we kept waiting for the food truck challenge. Food trucks were all the rage throughout the country last year, and we just KNEW we’d have a food truck challenge. But they saved it for this season. A few short years ago, most American’s wouldn’t be caught dead eating at a food…